[ale] Out of space on root !

[Benjamin Scherrey]

Just a guess but you might have a directory (check /tmp or /var/spool (or wherever your spool is)) 
with too many entries in it even though the files take very little room. I don't know what the limits are 
under ext2 but that would be the kind of behaviour I would expect. Only printing doesn't work? "/" 
& "/home" are your only partitions? You don't have "/var" or "/boot" as separate mount points?

	good luck,

		Ben Scherrey

8/15/2002 2:58:02 PM, Tom & JaVonn <pairoftwins at mindspring.com> wrote:

>All:
>
>Building up a recycled PC late last night, I filled up / (lots of space free on /home), but didn't know 
until this morning when X refused to start.
>
>Immediately freed up 75 MB, and "apt-get clean" brought it up to 175 MB free, then used Tom's 
RtBt to scan both partitions for errors --- both came thru clean.
>
>STILL can't print 'cause lpr.log says "write failed - No space left on device".
>
>After uninstalling lprng, when reinstalling it refuses to install /etc/lprng/lpr.conf even though it is 
clearly listed as part of the package.
>
>ANY WAY TO FIX THIS short of starting over ?  Ten minutes on google produced nothing.
>
>Debian stable with 3.2 GB HDD:
>
>Ext2 /
>Ext2 /home





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